Kolbe announces its new Ultra Series tilt-turn windows, ready for launch at the 2013 International Builders’ Show (IBS) in booth #C2607. “This dual-action product can swing in for access and easy cleaning, or tilt in like a ...
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UMB Bank Arizona is using dynamic glass from SAGE to create a comfortable indoor environment for its customers and employees while preserving a connection to the outdoors. UMB installed SageGlass® at a new Banking Center in ...
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PPG Industries has won a Building Design + Construction (BD+C) magazine Marketing Leadership Award for a print advertisement promoting the environmental sustainability of PPG glass and coatings. The advertisement, titled ...
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With the opening of an 81,400-square-foot student Center,the nation's first public four-year college founded in the 21st century recently made a transition from a commuter school to a more traditional campus community. Georgia Gwinnett ...
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Duranar VARI-Cool coatings, which were used on the library’s metal siding, feature infrared-reflective pigments that deflect solar heat from buildings to reduce air-conditioning costs and urban heat-island effect. The coatings also ...
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Gamma, a division of the Far East Global Group Limited (HKEx 830.HK) and ranking among the largest curtain wall, window wall and recladding construction companies in North America and the world, announced today a series of strategic ...
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The University of California at Berkeley’s (UC Berkeley’s) newly opened Energy Biosciences Building is the most energy efficient building on campus, thanks in part to window systems from Wausau Window and Wall Systems. The ...
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NSF International, in cooperation with the Glass Association of North America’s Float Glass Manufacturing Division, is developing a Product Category Rule for flat and float glass. Product Category Rules are science-based, ...
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The 2012 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo drew industry leaders from across the country and around the world to the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco for three days of sustainable energy discussion. Although the green ...
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With the assistance of Glass Association of North America's (GANA) flat glass manufacturing division, NSF International has announced the development of a Product Category Rule (PCR) for flat and float glass. This PCR is intended to provide ...
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After a final “speed dating” round, Saint-Gobain, the world leader in the habitat and construction markets, and the U.S. Green Building Council – Northern California Chapter (USGBC-NCC) announced today the three winners of ...
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The U.S. green building market continues to accelerate, according to McGraw-Hill Construction's 2013 Dodge Construction Green Outlook report. The value of green building has seen growth from $10 billion in 2005 to $78 billion in 2011. In ...
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Auburn Hills, Mich. – November 12, 2012 – Architects looking for glass innovations that maximize the efficiency and performance of their commercial building projects need look no further than Guardian Industries’ SunGuard ...
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Lubrication management systems from Industrial Innovations have been implemented by Electrolux on its stamping presses at its new North American Cooking Products manufacturing center opening in Memphis, TN. Industrial Innovations, ...
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McCain Manufacturing, the outsource manufacturing division of McCain Inc., announced the expansion of its North American powder coating operations. Housed at McCain's 100,000-square-foot, LEED-certified manufacturing facility in Vista, ...
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